Shoe-polishing device



Aug@ 9 1924s s. M. soo-m SHOE POLI SHING DEVICE med Feb@ s. was

Patented Aug. 26, 1924,

UNITED STATES SEBI-DON M. BOOTH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHOE-PO'LISHING DEVICE.

Application filed February 3, 1923.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SHELDON M. BOOTH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-PolishingDevices, of which the following, reference being had to the drawingsaccompanying and forming a part hereof, is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to devices which are used after a boot or shoehas been treated with a polish or dressing, to obtain a high degree ofgloss thereon.

Among the objects of this invention is to obtain a device of the kindnamed which is very effective in use; which can be easily changed foruse on tan colored shoes after having been used on shoes to which ablack polish or dressing has been applied. To obtain a device of thekind named which is easily understood, conveniently handled, not liableto be broken or to get out of order, and a device from which thepolishing' material thereof can be readily removed from the basethereof, when said polishing material is worn or badly soiled, andunused polishing material substituted for said removed material.

In the drawing referred to, Fig. l is a horizontal section on line 1 1of Fig. 2, viewed in the direction indicated by arrows.

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation, on line 2 2 of Fig. l, viewed in thedirection indicated by arrows; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3h55 of Fig. 2, viewed in thedirection indicated by arrows.

A reference character applied to designate a given part indicates saidpart throughout the several figures of the drawing wherever the sameappears.

A represents a block which forms the base of the device, and which ispreferably made of wood. Base A is provided on the sides thereof withlongitudinally extending grooves a, a, and at the ends thereof with thelaterally extending grooves a and a. The sides of the base A are curvedadjacent to the ends thereof, said curved portion eX- tending to nearthe laterally extending grooves. B represents a strip of polishingmaterial, preferably of sheep skin having the wool thereon. This strip Bis of sufficient length to be applied intermediate the length thereof tothe cross element of U-shaped member D, of member C, D, E. Member SerialNo. 616,746.

C, D, E, comprises duplicate springs C, C, one of which is placed oneach side of base A, in grooves a., a. And the U-shaped end members Dand E, which are preferably made of wire, are attached at one of theeends thereof to one of the ends of a spring C, with the cross element ofsaid members extending across the ends of the base, in

the grooves a', a, and the other ends ofv handles of projections againstwhich the thumb and a finger of the hand of a person desiring to discarda used strip of polishing material and to replace said used strip by anunused strip, is forced to move member D into position to permit removalof said used strip and replacement thereof by an unused strip. Theeyelets e, e, serve as handles or projections against which the thumband a finger of one hand of a person about to change the device so thatit'can be used on a differently colored polish or dressing from thatwith which it has theretofore been applied. The ends of members D and Eare in slots a, a, and the cross element of said members extendlaterally across base A in grooves a', a.

By applying a thumb and finger to eyelets d, d, and forcing member D tothe left, as viewed in Figs. l and 2, the strip B may be placed underthe cross element of member D, in groove c, and drawn through betweensaid cross element and the endl of the base to intermediate the endsthereof, after which it may be doubled over upon itself to entend on oneside of base A, from one end of said base to the other end thereof, adouble thickness of said strip may then be inserted under the crosselement of member E, (which is in groove 0). To make the last namedinsert yof the two thicknesses of strip B underneath the cross elementof member E, the thumb and a finger of one hand is forced againsteyelets, e, e, to move said member E to the right, as viewed in Figs. land 2, relative to base A. After the ends of strip E are inserted underthe cross element of member E, as described, and before said member E isreleased from the grasp of the person so forcingl it to the right, saidends are drawn to make that portion of strip E which is on the side ofbase A, Ltautfafter which member E is released, and springs C, C, drawsaid member E towards the left, as viewed in Figs. l and 2, therebydrawing the part of said member E which is in end groove a against stripB with suiicient torce to hold said ends firmly in place.

F, F, respectively represent staples which lare forced into base A, overmembers D and E, respectively, between the eyelets'd, d and e, e, andtheends of said members D, E, which are attached to the ends of springs C,C, to limit the movement of said members D and E, on base A. ,y

When it is desired to use the device on a differently colored polish ordressing from t Y, that with which it has been used, member E vis againforced to the right, as viewed in Figs. l and 2, in the mannerhereinbefore described, the ends of strip B are drawn out from betweenthe cross element of meni- `ber E and the end'of base A which isadjacent thereto, and said strip is then turned on the cross element` ofmember D toA the other side of base A; and thereupon member E is againforced to the right, as viewed in Figs. l and 2, and the ends of strip Bare again placed underneath the cross element of member E and said endsare drawn to make the strip taut on the side of base A, as hereinbeforerecited, and said member E is again released, so that springs C, C, maydraw said cross element of member E to the left, as viewed in Figs. land 2, and said cross element will move into said groove c, withsuiicient force to hold strip B l in place.

From the hereinbeiiore described construcltion of this device it isevident that in the use thereof there is, at all times, a layer ofpolishing material which is being used which has between it and the basea layer of polishing material, and thereby said last named layer ofpolishing material, which is notin use, is preserved in a cleancondition relative to the layer which is being used; and said layerwhich is not in use forms an elastic or yielding support for the layerwhich is in use.

The application of the characters D and E to the U-shaped members towhich the springs G, C, are attached is to assist the description andoperation of the device; as the device when constructed as described,will permit the insertion of the strip o polishing material under thecross element of either one of the lmembers D and E, and said stripdrawn through between said cross element and the end of the base untilsaid i cross element is intermediate the ylength ot said strip.

I claim;

A shoe polishing device comprising a rio-id block, the :front and backof said block eing substantially alike and the ends of the block beingrounded,a transversely extending groove being provided in each of therounded ends of said block and said block being further provided in eachside with a longitudinally extending groove communieating at each endwith the transverse groove, springs positioned in the longitudinalgrooves, and a U-shaped member attached to one end of each of saidsprings` a second U-shaped member attached to the opposite ends of saidsprings, said second U- shaped member being provided with manipulatinglugs, a strip of polishing material looped intermediate its ends underthe cross element of said first named U-shaped member and clamped in oneof the lateral grooves, with the free ends of said strip adapted toextend over either face of said block and under the cross element of thesecond U-shaped member in the vlateral groove at the opposite end ofsaid block.

SHELDON M. BOOTH.

Witnesses:

Bnss BROWN, CiaLAnLns TURNER BROWN.

